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5 things you need to know this weekend

Editors, USA TODAY
Published 5:06 a.m. ET Aug. 12, 2017

A man poses for a photo in front of Trump Tower in New York on Thursday. President Trump plans to come home to Trump Tower for a few days starting Sunday, the first time since his inauguration.(Photo: Mary Altaffer, AP)

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A worker hangs out of a window of the White House during renovation work on Aug. 11. A new heating, ventilation and air conditioning system is being installed in addition to renovations of the West Wing lower lobby, the IT system and the South Portico steps.
Michael Reynolds, European Pressphoto Agency

Cranes are parked in front of the South Portico as renovation work continues at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 2017. A new heating, ventilation and air conditioning system is being installed in addition to renovations of the Navy Mess kitchen, the West Wing lower lobby, the IT system and the South Portico steps. President Trump has cited the renovations as a reason for his 'working vacation' that is planned for most of August in Bedminster, N.J.
Michael Reynolds, European Pressphoto Agency

Construction machinery is seen on the ground White House grounds in Washington on Aug. 5, 2017. President Trump and his staff temporarily moved out of the West Wing as renovations on the building got underway.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP

Meteor shower. Eclipse. We recommend skygazing a lot in the near future

You have one more chance night to see the summer's best meteor shower as the Perseids rush through Saturday's night sky. A higher-than-usual rate of meteors per hour is expected this year. The skygazing is a good warmup for the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21. It's a big deal, and we answer all of your questions (What is it? How do I watch safely?) right here.

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Satellites, planes and comets transit across the night sky under stars that appear to rotate above Corfe Castle in Corfe Castle, United Kingdom. The Perseids meteor shower occurs every year when the Earth passes through the cloud of debris left by Comet Swift-Tuttle and appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus in the northeastern sky.
Dan Kitwood, Getty Images

Stars and meteor streaks are seen behind a destroyed house, near Tuzla, Bosnia. The Perseid meteor shower occurs every year in summer when the Earth passes through debris and dust of the 109P/Swift-Tuttle comet.
Amel Emric, AP

Meteors light up the night sky above a wind turbine at Saint Nikola wind park near the Kavarna Bulgaria. The Perseids, one of the brightest meteorite swarms, consist of a multitude of stellar particles which due to their high speed glow up and burn by entering Earth's atmosphere.
Vassil Donev, European Pressphoto Agency

Meteors from the Perseid meteor swarm burn up in the atmosphere as our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is seen in the clear night sky over the German island of Fehmarn.
Daniel Reinhardt, European Pressphoto Agency

A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower above a roadside silhouette of a Spanish fighting bull, in Reduena, Spain. Scientists say this year the Perseid meteor shower will be more intense than normal, predicting up to 200 meteors per hour caused by a trail of debris from a comet orbiting the Sun.
Daniel Ochoa de Olza, AP

A Saturday rally in Charlottesville, Va., is expected to draw hundreds of "alt-right" activists and white nationalists to the college town — again — over the city's decision to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. (A court injunction has put the removal on hold.) In May, several dozen torch-wielding demonstrators, led by prominent white supremacist Richard Spencer, gathered by the statue to protest a vote on its removal. Last month, about 50 Ku Klux Klan members, some wearing hoods and waving Confederate flags, were met by more than 1,000 counter-protesters.

Who will lift the PGA Championship silverware?

It will be an action-packed weekend at Quail Hollow in Charlotte as the 99th PGA Championship will crown a champion this weekend. Kevin Kisner and Hideki Matsuyama sit on top at 8-under, while 2015 PGA Championship winner Jason Day sits two strokes back. They’ll await the completion of Round 2, which was halted for darkness Friday as the result of a long weather delay, before starting their quest for the season’s last major title. One player who won’t see the course is Phil Mickelson — it’s his first missed cut in the PGA Championship in 22 years.